Knowledge of Childhood Autism and Challenges of Management among Medical Doctors in Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria

Table 3

Items associated with major knowledge gaps in the KCAHW domains.

KCAHW domain	Main item	Number of participants scoring zero (%)
1	Absence of social smile in a child with autism	39 (23.4)
2	Delay or total lack of development of spoken language in autism	44 (26.3)
3	Association of autism with abnormal eating habit	48 (28.7)
4	Association of autism with comorbidities (mental retardation and/or epilepsy)	52 (31.1)
4	Onset of autism	52 (31.1)